[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1175]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the 
mountains were brought forth, or even before the Earth was framed, even 
from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.
  On this historic day we ask Your richest blessings upon President 
Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, and the members of the 
Cabinet. O God, in these challenging times, help them to trust You with 
all their hearts and to depend upon Your providence to lead and guide 
them to Your desired destination.
  In a special way today, we ask for Your healing hands to be placed 
upon Senator Teddy Kennedy. O, God, You are a healer and we claim Your 
promise that, if we will ask in faith, You will respond.
  We thank You for what our eyes have seen and what our ears have heard 
on this great day.
  We pray in Your holy Name. Amen.

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